[color=#d896ff][b]"Matilda!'[/b][/color] the boy cheered, and immediately handed the shovel to nearby townsfolk as he strode forward to the orc captain. "What happened there? I heard someone familiar and I thought..." 

The orc only stood there. [b][color=00a651]"All is well. It's time to go."[/color] [/b]

Her voice came muffled under her helmet as if she was unsure what to say. But it seemed the prince was as tactful as she hoped to be. 
As he walked there, however, Cedar nudged his muzzle at the young boy and looked at him like a lost puppy. The boy nodded and seemed to acknowledge the request.

[b][color=#d896ff]"I heard there was someone else up there."[/color][/b] said the boy as he went closer to the orc. Half whispering, he asked, [b][color=#d896ff]"Was it Admiral Silas?"  [/color][/b]

There was a sharp stare being sent to the elf behind her, but the non-human in question only shrugged with an indifferent expression.[color=ec008c] "I suggest we talk about it on our way back. This place is [i]risky[/i]."[/color]

The word risky didn't seem to faze Matilda at all, or anyone within earshot. As the orc observed the room, she remembered there were two Von Kruber's servants amongst the crowd, but none said anything dared to make a move, yet. 

[b][color=00a651]"Agreed."[/color][/b]

[b]"Fools!"[/b] said someone suddenly. An old, desperate village who have been hunkering not far from them. "[b]Go back there? To your deaths? Hahaha? Go! Go! fewer people to waste the air anyway!" [/b]

Matilda paid him no head, nor when the prince expressed his concern about these people. The orc simply snorted as she guided the prince back to the tunnel. [b][color=00a651]"These people can use the same path we took." [/color] [/b]

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When the boy finally returned to Matilda, Jazdia was glad everything went smoothly. Just a few troubled glances as the prince was being escorted away, but surely The orc captain fared better with words than her in this situation. 
Standing beside Cedar, Jazdia decided to not ask, but surely she had a lot of things to note regarding their furry squadmate. That would be a headache for another day, it seemed. 

[color=ec008c]"It's been a long day, huh?"[/color] 

It was at that moment she heard a faint female voice calling out from above, followed by heavy footsteps and whirling noises of iron being swung with great strength. The floor above was solid concrete, but it felt like something heavy was falling above them. The civilians hunkered and covered their heads, some screeched in panic. Yet nobody dared to venture back to the tunnel.  

[b][color=#F6E1D3]"Sorry! Would you please stay away from the door? The handle is broken!"[/color][/b] 

A triangle metal thing suddenly jutted out from the gap, followed by a sound of wood being pulled apart. The afternoon sunlight fell down to the room from that broken trapdoor, followed by a makeshift ladder, and a certain blonde maid. 

[b][color=#F6E1D3]"Yes! More like...Twenty people here! Hello! No need to panic, please evacuate in an orderly manner. Women and children first."[/color][/b]